S.C. man swims away in lake to escape police, arrested next day on his birthday

A York man who escaped police Tuesday by swimming to freedom in Lake Wylie was arrested just one day later, on his 39th birthday.

Police found an unoccupied green 1994 Mazda car in the back of the parking lot at Allison Creek Boat Landing in York and noticed a stolen Georgia license plate, empty beer cans and a scale with white residue inside, according to a York County Sheriff’s Office report.

Bruce Wayne Freeman was swimming in the lake when deputies approached, and two women were sitting on the shore, the report says.